Holt fires up the Dawgs

Washington introduced Nick Holt as its new defensive coordinator at a 12:30 p.m. news conference today. P-I reporter Molly Yanity has some initial impressions in this blog post. Holt is an excitable guy with a lot of passion and great respect for Steve Sarkisian. Plus, as Yanity reported earlier today, Holt stands to make more than $2 million over the course of his contract, starting with a $600,000 salary in 2009 — nearly twice as much as the Huskies have ever paid an assistant coach.

Here’s an interesting story about Holt from Mark Whicker of the Orange County Register that was published four days before the Rose Bowl.